Vending apparatus



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VENDING APPARATUS. No. 416,512. Patented 1390.3, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

LINCOLN SMITH, E NIANTIO, CONNECTICUT.

VENDING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,512, dated December3, 1889.

Application filed March 22, 1889. Serial No. 304,289. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LINCOLN SMITH, of Niantic, in the county of NewLondon and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and ImprovedVendingApparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to an apparatus wherein upon the deposit of acoin of predetermined value a quantity of merchandise may be obtained,the invention relating more particularly to an apparatus for dispensingbeverages.

The invention consists of certain novel constructions, arrangements, andcombinations, to be hereinafter fully described, and specificallypointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of refer-- enceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my improved vending apparatus. Fig.2 is a detail sectional View illustrating the construction of thecoin-chute and the tripping-lever. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view ofthe slide and its way. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan View of the apparatus,the view being taken on line a: w of Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is a .detailview illustrating the construction of the slide and the tripping-lever,the parts being represented as they appear when the slide is drawn out.

In constructing such an apparatus as the one forming the subject-matterof this application I provide'a case 10, in which there is arranged away 11, which serves as a support for a slide 12, this slide beingmounted upon the wayin any proper manner, but preferably being formedwith dovetail grooves, which are entered by projections formed upon theway, as is clearly shown in Fig. 3.

To one side of the way I secure a standard 13, upon which there ismounted a tripping-lever 14, said lever being formed with a tooth 15,which enters a recess a, formed in the slide, that end of the lever 14upon-which the'tooth is formed being heavier than the opposing end, sothat the lever normally rests in the position in which it is shown inFig. 1, and acts to hold the slide 12 against any forward movement. Tothe forward end of the lever I pivotally connect an arm 18, that isformed with a recess 1), the extending end of the arm being normallyheld against the extending end of the lever 14 by a spring 19, saidspring being connected to the lever and to the arm. The recess 1) is soproportioned as to receive and hold a coin of the prescribed value, butto permit of the passage of a coin of less diameter than the one inconnection with which the apparatus is designed to operate.

Above the forward end of the lever 14 there is arranged a coin-chute20,the upper end of said chute leading to a coin-slot 21, while the lowerend is so located as to deliver any coin received thereby to the forwardend of the lever, the coin resting in the recess 1), as shown in Fig. 2.The lever 14 is so balanced that the weight of a coin resting asrepresented in Fig. 3 will throw the forward end of the lever downward,and as the lever so moves downward its tooth 15 will rise fromengagement with the slide, and an arm or projection 23, that is formedupon the arm 18, will come into engagement with one of a series of teeth0, that are formed near the forward end of the slide 12, and as theslide is moved in the direction of the arrow shown in connectiontherewith in Fig. 4 the arm 18 will be moved to the position indicatedby dotted lines in said Fig. 4 and the coin will drop downward and intoa coin-receptacle A, arranged in the lower part of the machine.

The liquid to be dispensed is placed in a tank B, or the originalpackage might be placed in the position in which the tank isrepresented. The tank is provided with a discharge pipe 25, which leadsoutward through the case 10, there to be connected with a nozzle 26,beneath which nozzle there is arranged a tray 27. In the pipe there islocated a valve 28, which has a stem 29, that is connected to the slide12 by means of a connecting rod or bar 30, the parts being so arrangedthat when the slide is in the position in which it is shown in thedrawings the valve will be closed; but when the slide is moved outwardthe valve will be opened and liquid from the tank or receptacle B willbe free to flow through the pipe 25 and the nozzle 26 to enter anyproper receptacle that is placed beneath said nozzle.

To insure the return of the slide after a given quantity of liquid hasbeen withdrawn from the tank or receptacle 1%, I secure a plate orflange 31 to the front of the case 10, and in connection with this plateor flange I provide a folding leaf 32, which is hinged to the case andprovided with an upwardly-extending projection 33, which normally restsagainst the forward end of the slide 12, being held in this position bya spring 31; but when the slide is moved outward the leaf will be thrownagainst the tension of its spring to the posit-ion indicated by dottedlines in Fig. 4;, thus preventing the removal of the glass or receptaclefrom beneath the nozzle 26 un til the slide is returned to the positionin which it is shown in the drawings.

Any liquid which may overflow from the receptacle placed for itsreception beneath the nozzle 26 will be delivered from the tray 27 to areceivingpan 36, that is placed in the lower portion of the case 10.

Although not positively essential, I prefer to provide the apparatuswith a water-tank such as the one shown at C, which water-tank wouldhave a proper faucet located above the tray, as indicated by dottedlines in Fig. 4; and in order that the water and the liquid containedwithin the tank or receptacle B may be kept at a low temperature, Iwould arrange an ice-receiving chest D directly above the slide 12, asshown in Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to soon reby Letters Patent- 1. In a vending apparatus, the c01nbination, with aslide, of a tripping-lever arranged to engage the-slide, a recessed armpivotally connectcd to the forward end of the tripping-lever, acoin-chute arranged above the forward end of the lever, and a means forthrowing the pivotally-inounted arm, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a slide formed with a recess c, of apivotally-inounted trippinglever arranged to engage said recess, an armhinged to the forward end of the trippinglever, a spring arranged inconnection with the arm, a projection extending laterally from the armto engage projections formed on the slide, and a coin-chute,substantially as described.

23. In a vending apparatus, the con'lbination, with a slide, of atripping-let er arranged in connection therewith, a means for deliveringa; coin to the tripping-lever, a folding leaf provided with a projectionwhich normally rests against the forward end of the slide, and a springarranged in connection with said leaf, substantially as described.

4. In a vending apparatus, the combination, with a slide, of atripping-lever arranged in connection therewith, a coin-receivingapparatus arranged in connection with the lever, a liquid-receptacle, atube or pipe leading therefrom, a faucet or stop-cock located within thetube, connections between the faucet or stop-cock and the slide, afolding leaf provided with a projection which extends into the path ofthe slide, and a spring arranged in connection with the leaf,substantially as described.

LINCOLN SMITH.

\Vitnesses:

M. W. Cons'rocic, L. (Y. QOMSTOCK.

